Erling Thu

Category: Dreaming

  • Looking with new eyes

    To be somebody
    is not only to explore
    virgin territory or unknown places
    but to look with new eyes
    – look from new perspectives
    – look with new perception
    – look with new expectancy
    – look for new insight
    to the old and known world
    to discover the virginity
    and the hope for a new beginning
    in the midst of corruption and decay
    and than seize the moment
    to make history
    in our own little world
    knowing that the great achievements
    is the sum of all the small deeds of faith

    By faith we can see
    the impossible become possible
    and the invisible become visible
    and the world changed to a better place

  • To be somebody is to fly with the wings of encouragement

    To be somebody
    Is to allow words of encouragement
    To become wings of faith
    Making you ignore limitations
    Causing you to jump over walls
    Motivating you to cross borders

    To be somebody
    Is to believe and receive words
    Appreciation from unknown people
    Praise from close friends
    As seeds of greatness
    Producing desires to serve
    In greater variety and measures

    To be somebody
    Is to fly with the wings of encouragements
    To new horizons of joy
    In being connected to a new reality
    Having your life enlarged
    Being enabled to break out
    Of geographical and cultural limitations
    To explore the limitless sky
    As prophetic words are coming true
    In walking humbly with your God

    Text: Erling Thu (c)

  • Treading new paths

    To be somebody is to tread new paths

    To be somebody is to know:

    – there are still paths to be made

    – there are more paths to be discovered

    Even in the midst of setbacks when the darkness covers everything

    To be somebody is to do great things, but not in the old ways,

    – looking for new places – new areas

    and new administrations of my gift

    treading new paths of blessing others

  • Creating life

    To be somebody is to create life

    In dead material

    – and among living persons

    Giving dead material a new form that speaks.

    Making imagination pregnant, exuberant, fruitful.

    Generating new forms of life

    By sowing dream-seeds and new thought patterns,

    Releasing talents and empowering people.

    To be somebody is to be full of life and joy

    In such a way that you are contagious,

    Rubbing of joy, optimism, faith and love

    To all people you touch during the day.

    When you live your dream you will create life

    In people who is catching your joy

    And starts dreaming their own dreams.

  • Having a dream

    To be somebody is having a dream
    That consumes you like a fire
    Giving you no rest but
    Motivating you to make great sacrifices
    Preparing you for bold initiatives
    Stirring you to adventurous living
    As you are pursuing your dream with joyful hope

    To be somebody is having great dreams
    Nor only for yourself and your own people
    But having dreams on behalf of the underprivileged,
    And having dreams for your affluent society
    Or the many suffering groups in the world

    When you are dreaming great dreams
    Of a changed society and a better world
    You will lay down your life as a seed of hope
    As a fruit everyone will see
    That you are really somebody
    For you are not living for yourself

  • Receiving prophetic words

    To be somebody is to receive prophetic words
    Concerning your future
    – your ministry
    – countries to visit
    – people to minister to
    and persons to meet

    It is to be given insight
    Into the unseen realm
    And the seasons of the Spirit
    Through words and visions
    Through signs and dreams
    Brought forth by men and women
    Moved by the Holy Spirit

    When God bothers to speak to me
    Through other persons
    I really feel that I am somebody
    If that had not been the truth
    He would not have spoken
    Encouraging and strengthening words
    Helping me to grow

    These words also help me to realise
    I am what I am only because of his grace
    Only because of his sovereign election
    I have become somebody
    To his own glory